Section 20 Venue and Jurisdiction

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

Condemnation proceedings must be brought in the circuit court of the county where the “land or any part thereof lies.” Section 523.010.1, RSMo 2000; Rule 86.02. The circuit court of the county in which the property is located has general subject matter jurisdiction over the condemnation action. State ex rel. Mo. State Highway & Transp. Comm’n v. Kroeger, 682 S.W.2d 480 (Mo. App. E.D. 1984).

But the circuit court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear the condemnation action if the proceeding is not authorized by law. Tierney v. Planned Indus. Expansion Auth. of Kansas City, 742...